Natali Stoiyanna Erkaraman

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I can’t believe it is already Christmas! It is not yet though it is just November, but everyone is ready to sell on any local market for Christmas 🤶🎅 except me.

I don’t see myself there ready to sell for Christmas. But I 💯 proud of this process of popping out from trash 🗑️

I love the story of jars, and papers coming together and recycling into vases 🏺

Pumpkin harvest

For October I slowed down with pumpkin 🎃 building. I tried a new technique for each pumpkin.

I searched for alternative textures. I really got exited by the after effects of shaving cream with bright colors. It came out as soft candy clouds and when you brush the fluffy dust out of the paper, you got a cotton smooth texture. I don’t believe it is durable enough but I love how candy 🍭 looking they are 👀 With some strong glue it worth to try again on Christmas ornaments.

Quilt candle holders

For November my plan was to setup the table for the holiday season with candle holders and plates 🍽️ 🍎

Among those new textures that I have been trying 🔍 There is one technique that I want to try most. I want to apply textiles on mashed paper like quilts. But I will bring the pieces together like in mosaics.

I’m so exited about this try! I planted which pattern I will use on where. I only need some unwanted fabrics that are also look awesome 🤩

On going 💡

I need to complete my last work. I’m almost there. Just need to focus for an hour or so… It might be my favorite 😍 piece when it is done.

Let’s see where it goes…

Shapes are out to dry. Drying will take another week.

Meanwhile I am thinking on colors. Earthy, terracotta, clay color and black decors.

But I still couldn’t figure out the decor application technique, I have a few on my mind like drawing on a colored paper and stick on top of the clay and color all together. But my test results didn’t come good enough…

In the third week of the workshop, I started to see it coming.

This workshop is like how a ceramic 101 lesson should be. Besides not letting any big carbon footprint 👣 while trying to figure out what you are dealing with, you also achieve a finished product that you can be proud of.

Inspire by ancient pottery let me understand the reasons of measurements and pattern techniques.

Even I do my pottery with mashed paper instead of clay, I see myself working with my many skills of ceramic arts.

I put together 3 full covered pieces. I can give a go ✅ for this week.

Last week will be all about decorating and finishing. I am so excited about the results 🤞

Third week starts with an off school day. But I have done ✅ what had to be done.

The well is full!

I failed on some decoration techniques but still have a full bucket 🪣 of reusable paper wet and ready to use on my models.

I’m especially excited about a face vase 🏺 that I saw on Rhodes Island’s museum in Greece.

This heavyweight, rusty trash of iron is just perfect 🤩 to use as a base model for this design. And because it is so heavy, it can be ideal for outdoor use.

I keep on moving and searching 🌊

I’ve started a workshop in my basement. We are in the second week of the circle ⭕️ So far, it looks like it’s working 👍

• First week was the week of inspiration 🏺 and design.
• Second week is building up the structure of the design by using recycling trash 🗑️
• Next week we will build a well and start to clay the design.
• Last week is the decor and finishing.

HINT: I hide studio tag in the plastic cup so it can be seen from inside the jar.

My goal is produce 1 to 5 pieces every month. Not much but more than enough for a beginner.

Meanwhile I go on with my thrift upcycle projects.

With this one, I go totally spontaneous.

A legend of Burgaz Island in Istanbul, Turkey 🇹🇷

There use to lived a lady who loves her hidden bay. There she can enjoy the sun and the sea, nude and free

Is she a mermaid? A fairy? A muse?

Maybe just a neighbor next door.

Do those rocks dancing.

Or is it the wave calling rocks to roll.

I start to graph for the collection of Hanim Sultan – a startup textile company of a woman collaboration. We produce souvenirs for the Island which’s benefit is shared with women’s foundation.

I’m working on it quite some time now.

If there is a chance to life, there will be life… Eventually it will come out and sprout in every corner.

I have no time for personal care but what I really need is some time for my personal life. A life of productivity. The life of mine, growing up in a studio of my own.

I have started today under the name of quite-time.studio in Scotch Plains, Jersey. I got my studio running, and is going to start its first well of the year on Thursday. The first day of school 🏫 2023/2024

Nothing is ready and I don’t feel ready, too. But it is happening, the train 🚊 is arriving so I have to catch it. It is not an option. I am here to be and be active.

Here comes the list of projects;

My first chair

Not mine, but this is actually the first chair that my son used with a baby sitting on top. And we left it for 1 year on front porch and some more in the garage.

This chair 🪑 will be my second chair repair. Let’s see how it will go.

Christmas 🎄 is coming early

This year I will join in 🌲 The Red Mill Museum Village’s Tree festival in Clinton, NJ

I will decorate my tree with giant ornaments made by my clay. This will also be my first workshop study.

The well is opening tomorrow.

Oldies

I thought over on the old record player cabinet that I have paused. I figured out of a pattern technique that can be applied to make it more special until it doesn’t have any visible style nor esthetic. This pattern idea can cheer this piece up.

With these three products I can see how fast will 2 hours pass.

Now it has a name, and a domain www.quitetime.studio

This is a start.

Quite time studio makes recyling projects, toys for talented kids, extraordinary books and many new ideas of gifts for talented.

I have got products to start with:

• Monsart cube – a rubic cube that has no rules.
• Gogoto – A make your own folding book sticker pack. A craft pack of building a cardboard book with using recycled cardboards.
• Magnet cubes of cities – A magnet cube blocks that has city graphics.
• Ancient Vases – A handmade art projects of recycling. Reproduction of ancient vases of Athens by jars and paper masche clay.
• Donation: Donate your unsolved rubic cube, books, paper
• Workshop: Every Friday open studio for kids to play with giant blogs and paint, glitter and build gigantic statues.

Toys and books will be produced with Alibaba and will be sell on Amazon. I got my friends

The handmade pieces will be done by hand in my studio.

All story and products will be shared on social media and on my blog.

Handmade pieces will also be sold in Etsy and through the neighbourhood .

All I need is to work on hand.